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1896

The book "Norwegian Immigration 1825-1840," by B. Anderson, was published at Madison, Wis.

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County1896During 1896

The biographical subject purchased the Adams farm in section 36-1-13, Turtle township, Rock county.

Beloit1896During 1896

The department of drawing was formed in the Beloit schools.

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The region1896

The book "Norwegian Immigration 1825-1840," by B. Anderson, was published at Madison, Wis.

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B. Anderson, "Norwegian Immigration 1825-1840," published at Madison, Wis., 1896, the Eock county colony on Jefferson Prairie, initiated by Ole Natesta in 1838, is described as "the fourth Norwegian settlement in America and the first in Wisconsin." Copious translations of interviews with Ole and Ansten Natesta written down by Prof. Sven Nilsen and published in "Billed Magazine," 1869, will be found in the same work.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 452 / book p. 418

1896

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1896

The book "Norwegian Immigration 1825-1840," by B. Anderson, was published at Madison, Wis.

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The region1896

The book "Norwegian Immigration 1825-1840," by B. Anderson, was published at Madison, Wis.

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B. Anderson, "Norwegian Immigration 1825-1840," published at Madison, Wis., 1896, the Eock county colony on Jefferson Prairie, initiated by Ole Natesta in 1838, is described as "the fourth Norwegian settlement in America and the first in Wisconsin." Copious translations of interviews with Ole and Ansten Natesta written down by Prof. Sven Nilsen and published in "Billed Magazine," 1869, will be found in the same work.